These 10 Cities Have Lots of Health Care Jobs — and They’re Affordable

Half of the 10 careers slated for the most explosive job growth over the next eight years are in health care.

The number of home health aides will skyrocket 47% and add 431,200 jobs by 2026, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections. The country will have about 40,000 more physicians assistants and 56,000 more nurse practitioners by then.

Here’s some good news for nurses and other non-doctor health care workers who happen to be hoarding pennies to pay back some of those student loans (like we are): Cities with tons of jobs in this industry aren’t too expensive.

That’s what we found in a Penny Hoarder analysis using data from a a new report by Abodo. (Check out the methodology at the bottom of the article.)